In South Africa a months long standoff between police and illegal miners in an abandoned gold mine comes to end, with close ...
The volunteers risked their lives to venture thousands of feet underground and retrieve their neighbors. What they found was ...
Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold ...
The mineral resources department said “the decision to deploy rescue services was made independently” and not mandated by a court. South Africa harbors up to 100,000 artisanal miners ...
South Africa's department of mineral resources told the BBC the rescue operation on Monday involved lowering a cage into the mine that is designed to hold six or seven people. It said the cage ...
He has said illegal mining cost South Africa over $3 billion last year ... and a separate ruling last week ordered the state to launch the rescue. None of the rescued survivors were ...
More than 240 survivors have been brought to the surface, many severely emaciated after being trapped since November.
The tragedy at the abandoned gold mine near the town of Stilfontein began to unfold in August, when police cut off food ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback